Install Etherpad on a CentOS 7 VPS

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Etherpad on a CentOS 7 VPS. Etherpad is an Open Source online editor providing collaborative real-time editing. This guide should work on other Linux VPS

To verify the unit started, run journalctl -f -u etherpad.service and you should see something like below:

[user]$ journalctl -f -u etherpad.service
May 09 11:02:08 vps systemd[1]: Starting etherpad.service...
May 09 11:02:08 vps systemd[1]: Started etherpad.service.
May 09 11:02:08 vps run.sh[23118]: Ensure that all dependencies are up to date... If this is the first time you have run Etherpad please be patient.

In the future, whenever you want to update the Etherpad to the latest version, just run /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite && git pull origin and restart the Etherpad service with systemctl restart etherpad.

That’s it. You have successfully installed Etherpad on your Centos VPS. For more information about Etherpad, please refer to the Etherpad website.

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